Police respond to incident at Calgary airport, say “no threat”

By 660 NEWS Staff

CALGARY (660 NEWS) – Calgary police were called to the YYC Calgary International Airport Thursday afternoon.

Police tell 660 NEWS they responded to a report that someone possibly had a weapon.

However, they did not locate one, and the object in question may have been a musical instrument.

The airport reported there was no risk to the public and reopened the airport shortly after the disruption.

“There were some impacts to passengers in the terminal, there were some impacts to passengers who were on incoming flights.  We apologize for those delays and thank everyone for their patience,” Spokesperson Reid Fiest said Thursday afternoon.

The Calgary airport is buzzing with activity on one of the busiest travel days of the year.

“Our key message is safety always has to be our priority here in everything that we do and we were just making sure that everyone was safe this afternoon and unfortunately that may have resulted in some delays,” Fiest said.

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